Oil-can.



C. P. WATSON.

OIL CAN APPLICATION FILED MAR. 25. I913.

Patented Apr. 25,1916.

and

CHARLES P. WATSON, OF YORK, PENNSYLVANIA.

OIL-CAN.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 25, 19%.

Application filed March 25, 1913. Serial No. 756,752.

To all whom it may concern.

Be it known that I, CHARLns P. WATSON,

a citizen of the United States, residing at York, in the county of Yorkand State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Oil-Cans, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to dispensing cans and has been wrought out withparticular reference to being embodied in hand oilers.

It has for its object to produce an oil can that may be convenientlycarried, and is provided with a long and serviceable nozzle, which isadjustable so that when not in use it may be slipped within the can, andwhich may also carry the closure for the can.

In the accompanying drawings :Figure 1 is a side elevation of a canembodying my invention, the nozzle being in closing position. Fig. 2 isa central vertical section of the can with the parts in the positionrepresented in Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a central vertical section illustratingthe nozzle withdrawn and in operative position. Fig. 4 is a top planview of the can. Fig. 5 is a sectional view illustrating a differentform of the invention from that shown in the other views. Fig. 6 is acentral vertical section of an oil can illustrating another embodimentof my invention, the nozzle being omitted and some of the partsseparated from each other. Fig. 7 is a detached sectional viewillustrating still another form of the invention.

Referring to Figs. 1, 2 and 3 of the drawings, A represents the body ofthe can, which may be of any usual or preferred shape, that shown beingflat and adapted to be carried in the pocket. Fitted in the top, a, ofthe can is a short tube constituting a spout and coupling section andconsisting essentially of two parts, a section 2 exterior to the can andserving as a funnel to assist in filling and also as a seat for theclosure and an interior tapering screw-threaded section 3. Secured tothe bottom a of the can and concentric with the spout in the top is acone-shaped projection 4. It extends upward to a point preferably alittle above the top of the can, and a screw-thread 5 is secured to orformed upon it near its ower end. g 6 represents the nozzle of the can.It is tapering and is adapted to closely conform to the conicalprojection 4, and at its lower end is provided with a scrmvthreadedsection 7 adapted to engage with the screwthread 5.

A closure for the can is secured to the nozzle near its outer end and isadapted to fit closely within the seat 2 when the nozzle is slipped overthe projection 4: and into the can, as represented in Figs. 1 and 2.This closure may be in the form of a bulb 8, as represented in Figs. 1,2 and 3; or it may be of conical shape, as represented at 18, Fig. 5,and arranged. to fit against a lining of suitable packing material, 19,fitted in the portion 2, of the spout.

The nozzle is preferably formed at its lower end with a flange 9 onwhich may be seated a packing 10 that is adapted to be brought intoengagement with the lower edge of the screw-threaded section 3 of thespout when the nozzle is drawn out, as rep resented in Fig. 33, forminga close, liquidtight, joint between the nozzle and spout.

From the foregoing it will be understood that when the can is not in usethe nozzle is slipped down into the can, as represented in Figs. 1 and2, and its screw-threaded section 7 made to engage with thescrew-threaded section 5 of the conical support l. This engagement ismade the means of drawing the closure closely into the seat 2 of thespout, thus sealing the can liquid-tight, and at the same time sodisposing the nozzle that it projects but very little beyond the wallsof the can. When the can is to be used the nozzle is released from thesupport i. drawn outward, and caused to engage with the spout, asrepresented in Fig. 3. when the can will be provided with a nozzle ofsuiiicient length to be effective. The conical projection and support,&, is preferably of such length that when the nozzle is out of use an dinserted within the can, as represented in Fig. 8, the pointed end ofthe projection ex tends to the end of the nozzle, so that it serves as acleaning device for the nozzle each time the nozzle is slipped into thecan and the latter closed.

It will be seen that in the form of my invention thus far describedthere are no loose parts to the can described that may become separatedand lost, notwithstanding the fact that it is provided with anadjustable or en tensible nozzle and with a closure each of which whenin use serves to seal the can liq uid-tight.

In that form of my invention illustrated T in Fig. 5 thecone or interiorsupport for the nozzle is dispensed with. When the nozzle for this formof can is drawn out and in use the screw-threaded portion 7 thereofengages with the screw-threaded portion 3 of the spout in the manneralready described. In order to hold the nozzle in place within the bodyof the can when not in use I employa detachable cap 12 having ascrewthreaded skirt adapted to engage with the projecting screw-threadedportion 2 of the spout. This cap is formed with a central recessed part13 that is adapted to fit over the end of the vessel and by engagementtherewith confine it in place within the can, forcing the sealingclosure 18 into close engagement with the packing 19 which has alreadybeen described. A piece of cork 11, or other suitable relatively softmaterial, is preferably secured to the bottom of the can in position toserve as a seat for the lower end of the nozzle. when out of use andconfined within the cap as represented in Fig. 5. This form of myinvention is not, for some purposes, so advantageous as the one firstdescribed, since the cap 12, being separable from the can, is liable tobecome lost from its place.

In Fig. 6 I have shown a form of the invention in which provision ismade for larger filling orifice than in either form of the inventiondescribed. 1 1 is a screwthread'ed ring securely seated in the top ofthe can. Into this ring is adapted to be screwed a'detachable spout 15.In otherrespects' the features of invention illustrated in Figs. 1, 2and 3, are embodied in that form of the invention shownin Fig. 6, aswill be'apparent without further explanation. When the can is to befilled the spout 15 may beremoved and 'the'nozzle taken out, leaving thecan as illustrated in Fig. 6.-

In Fig. 7 still another embodiment of my invention is illustrated. Ashere shown the closure 16 carried by the nozzle is exteriorlyscrew-threaded and is adapted to engage with the exterior portion 2 ofthe spout which is correspondingly screw-threaded to receive theclosure. In thisform of the in vention the support4 may be dispensedwith.

What I claim is 1. In a dispensing vessel, the combination 'of thevessel body, a detachable delivery nozzle carrying a screw-threadedsection at its lower end, ascrew-threaded projection within the vesselwith which'the' nozzle engages when not in use, and av screw-threadedcoupling section-in the'top of the vessel with which the said nozzle isadapted'to engage when drawn outfor use.-

2. In a dispensing vessel, the combination of the vesselbody in which isan opening, a detachable delivery nozzle entering the vessel bodythrough the said openingtherein, having a screw-threaded connection atits lower end, a closure for the vessel carried by the nozzle, and ascrew-threaded projection within the vessel with which the nozzleengages when not-in use adapted to force the closure into position toseal the opening into the vessel.

3. In a dispensing vessel, the combination of the vessel body throughthe upper end of which is an opening, a screw-threaded coupling sectionseated in the said opening, a screw-threaded projection within thevessel. a detachable delivery nozzle having a screwthreaded section atits lower end adapted to engage with the said screw-threaded couplingsection when extended to serve as a nozzle for the vessel, and to engagewith the said projection within the vessel when not in use, and aclosure for the opening into the vessel carried by the nozzle andadapted to be forced into closing position when the nozzle engages withthe said screw-threaded projection within the vessel.

4. In a dispensing vessel, the combination ofthe vessel body, a tubefitted in the upper end ofthe vessel having an outer seat section and aninner screw-threaded section, a tapering projection within the vesselhaving a screw-threaded section, a detachable nozzle having ascrew-threaded section at its lower end and adapted to be engaged withthe screw-threaded portion of the tube when extended for use, or withthe screwthreaded portion of the said tapering projection when insertedinto the vessel and out of use, and a closure carried by the nozzle nearits outer end adapted to be forced into the seat portion of the tubewhen the nozzle is screwed upon the said tapering projection.

5. In a dispensing vessel, the combination of the vessel body in whichis an opening, a detachable delivery nozzle entering the vessel bodythrough the said opening, a. closure for the said opening when thenozzle is not in use, carried by the nozzle, andmeans with which thenozzle engages located within the vessel for securing the nozzle withthe closure seated.

6. In a dispensing vessel, the combination of the vessel body throughthe upper end of which is an opening, a detachable delivery -nozzleadapted to be passed freely through the said opening into the vessel,means for closing substantially liquid tight the lower end of the nozzlewhen inserted into the vessel, a closure carried by the nozzle andarranged to fit and close substantially liquid tight the said openinginto the vessel when the nozzle is inserted thereinto, and means forsecuringthe nozzle substantially liquid tight in the said opening whenit is drawn out from the vessel into a position to deliver the contentsof the vessel.

7 In a dispensing vessel, the combination of the vessel body through anend of which 1,1eo,sio m is an opening, a delivery nozzle extendingthrough the said opening, and having at its inner end a couplingsection, a stationary coupling section mounted Within the body of thevessel near the said opening therein, with which the coupling sectioncarried by the delivery nozzle engages when it is drawn out for use,another stationary coupling sec tion within the vessel with which thenozzle is connected when inserted into the vessel and out of use, andmeans carried by the nozzle tor closing the opening into the vessel,arranged to be brought into operation respectively Whenever the nozzleis 0011- nected with one or the other of the said stationary couplingsections within the vessel.

8. In a dispensing vessel, the combination of the vessel body through anend of which is an opening, a detachable nozzle passing freely throughthe said opening and adapted to be inserted into the vessel, or to bedrawn out therefrom for use as a delivery nozzle, and closing meanscarried by the nozzle and arranged, when the nozzle is inserted Withinthe vessel, to tightly close the said opening thereinto, and which whendrawn out for use, are arranged also to tightly close the said opening.

9. In a dispensing vessel, the combina tion of the vessel body throughan end of which is an opening, a delivery nozzle extending through thesaid opening and having at its inner end a screw-threaded couplingsection, a stationary screw-threaded coupling section mounted within thebody 01' the vessel with which the coupling section carried by thenozzle engages when in sert-ed into the vessel and out of use, a closurecarried by the nozzle for closing the opening into the vessel when thesaid screwthreaded coupling sections are brought into engagement, and aprojection extending from the said stationary coupling section adaptedto pass through the nozzle and to have its end close the delivery endthereof at the same time the said closure is brought into operation.

CHARLES P. ATSON.

Witnesses L. E. HERB, CHAS. E. TUCKER.

'Eoples of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, byaddressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. (2.

